Hafner finished with 27 points, including 16 in a row during the third and fourth quarters when Easton started to pick up its game.

"Trevor has been averaging about 19 points a game," Northampton coach Bob Fahler said. "We have been trying to stress to him to finish things off when he gets the ball inside. Last year, we shot 3-pointers a lot more; this year we're not and we're trying to get the ball inside. Tonight, Trevor really hit his shots."

Easton coach Stan Sutphen tried many defensive adjustments to combat Hafner, but nothing worked. Hafner always managed to find an open area somewhere in the paint.

"He wasn't being fronted, but he did a heckuva good job of positioning himself," Sutphen said. "He did that better than anybody we have faced this year. He shoved our guys out of the way sometimes, and he did it without fouling. He posted and he worked himself open all game.

"We had to play a 3-2 because of their outside shooting. Against a team that is not going to shoot well from the outside, we can play a 2-3 and now we can cover Hafner inside and leave the wings open. The way they shot in the first half though (15-for-29), I wasn't about to make that adjustment in the second half."

Rich Seaman was a big reason why the Rovers couldn't play a simple 2-3. The senior scored 14 points, 10 of which came in the first half. As for Easton's offense, T.A. Bartolet hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points.

The Konkrete Kids (2-5, 2-3) hit on 26 of 54 from the floor, and Fahler was outwardly surprised with the solid shooting.

"I was very happy because we shot really well for a change," Fahler said. "We have really been struggling. We haven't been finishing the plays off like we need to. We have been giving up second shots, and tonight we did a better job on that. We just took care of the ball tonight. We took our time and we did some nice things against their zone."

After the Konkrete Kids took a 10-9 lead late in the first quarter, they never trailed. In fact they outscored the Rovers (2-5, 1-3) 16-4 over the next eight minutes. Hafner had six, Seaman four, while Jerry Miletics, Brett Stoudt, and Mark Seremula all contributed a basket.

In the the third quarter, Easton got as close as 34-32 on a 3-pointer by Bartolet, but Hafner responded with two baskets, starting his 16-point string. Bartolet hit two consecutive 3-pointers in the final quarter to cut the lead to 51-45 with 1:23 remaining, but Mark Lilly hit two free throws and Stoudt hit a difficult jumper in traffic that kept the lead at eight points. "We got a little flustered at the end," Fahler said.

"Stoudt hit a turnaround shot with people all over him. We didn't need the shot, but that comes from winning some close games. We haven't been doing that, and now that they got this one, it's going to do a lot for our confidence. You have to learn how to win too, because we have been awful close, but we haven't been able to finish things off."